Dark Souls & Other Souls-Likes

I didn't use any magic on my first playthrough other than Heal and Great Chaos Fireball/Storm(only for farming in Painted World). I was too invested in STR, VIT, and END. It worked out well for bosses, not so well for anything else.

My first playthrough was kind of meh though when I think about it. I didn't have a heightened sense of where to look for a lot of stuff, and I didn't start using walkthroughs/wikis till recent plays. I stayed hollowed or offline 90% of the time, and so I never used summoned players/NPCs for bosses. I missed a ton of gear, spells, upgrades, and the catacombs smith.

My second playthrough wasn't much better, but on my third one I started delving into magic, particularly sorcery. I've gotta say, even though it's not that flashy of a spell, I *** love Fall Control. Fall Control, Repair, and Magic Weapon. So *** awesome. The Oolacile Catalyst was really awesome to have too. Such high magic adjust even if you've only got bare minimum INT. Let's you make excellent use of Sorcery without investing too much in INT.

I really loved that playthrough. Fall Control into the Stray Demon's room at the Asylum, take no damage. Awesome. Fall Control in The Catacombs so you don't get bushwhacked by the wheelies at the bottom if you're in a hurry, awesome! Fall Control in the Depths so you don't have to take damage falling through holes to get stuff, awesome! Fall Control in the Great Hollow so you can see how often the game creates instant death falls... kind of awesome. Ok, that one was depressing.

"Aha! I shouldn't die falling this far... oh dear my health didn't go down when I hit that incline and continued falling... uh oh. x.x"

Just put my summon sigil before the Quelaag fight, odds of being summoned?

Meh I'll probably get bored and just enter.

Is it possible to access your bottomless box from all of your chars? I was thinking of making a build around a black knight weapon but didn't want to have to complete a full playthrough to farm a weapon..

No, at least not anymore. There use to be a glitch but it's been patched.

Lame.. guess that won't be happening then lol..

I play on ps3.. I'd like to try building around a black knight sword.

It's ok gives me time to get to the bonfire above the blacksmith in the burg.

I just smashed the tarus demon. Give me about 10mins and I'll be at that summon spot entering the church from the blacksmith to the gargoyles. And thank you so much for the sword saves me a lot of time.

Ya I started a pyromancer

Lemme eat first, sor is SL 86. Certianly not ideal or complete upgrade wise for pvp but I would love the practice. I'll let you know when I'm done.

That's fine I fully expect to get wrecked anyway but it's worth just actually doing it. Typically I try and meet ppl that lag stab you or can't be damaged. Which is why I never really bothered.

Most of my playthroughs I've stuck with katanas. Enchanting and bleed stacking typically make it pretty stellar. Idk maybe it's because I'm so comfortable with the move set.

I like the Uchigatana, Claymore, *** Sword, Zweihander, Club, and Artorias Greatsword.

I also love all of the Black Knight weapons. They deal additional damage to Chaos Demons <3 I looove slaying demons.

When I first started I tried a variety of weapons, on a friends recommendation I tried the katana it just stuck after that. Made it to New Londo and decided to give the claymore a shot, but after getting my *** promptly handed to me by the golden *** clowns I went back to the katana.. Lol I think it took me about 6 hours to finally solo that fight

The Gold-hemmed Black Skirt has more resist than the Painting Guardian Waistcloth. So if you are 4/4 Painting Guardian, you can go even higher!

The Bloated Sorcerer Head has the highest poison resist out of any non-upgraded head gear. All that beats it is the upgraded Painting Guardian Hood. Just a little FYI.

I just plug in a keyboard...

yea I learned very quickly on 360 that I can't do it without a keyboard. I just refuse to use the controller software keyboard when I can just plug one in.